Form: 11-K

Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans

March 28, 1997

EXHIBIT 23

Published on March 28, 1997



Exhibit 23

Exhibit to the Annual
Report (Form 11-K) of the
Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated Deferred
Compensation Plan and
Trust for Directors
for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996.


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 2 to the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-10546) pertaining to the Huntington
Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Directors and
in the related Prospectus of our report dated March 21, 1997 with respect to the
financial statements of the Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred
Compensation Plan and Trust for Directors included in this Annual Report (Form
11-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996.


/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Columbus, Ohio
March 21, 1997

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